Malawi Orphans & Community Project + Southern Africa Explorer

Experience day-to-day life in a rural African community surrounded by the smiling faces of one of Africa's friendliest countries. Follow this with a journey through wild Africa searching for the big five, scuba diving with whale sharks, floating in dug-out canoes in the Okavango Delta and bungi-jumping over Victoria Falls.

Project Phase 6 weeks: Malawi is an incredibly poor country. It is estimated that up to seven million people, from a population of 12 million, may be on the edge of famine. An estimated 400,000 children have been orphaned and each village community often supports over 100 of these orphaned and vulnerable children.

Your help is needed to provide food and shelter to these orphans, by giving financial support to sponsor children through school and physical help to renovate delapidated buildings, carry out community development work and spend time in the local schools and day care centres. The beauty of this project is in it's variety and the fact that it exposes you directly to the warmth and unforgettable welcome of the Malawian people.

Explorer Phase 6 weeks: Southern Africa Explorer Expedition - six weeks of activities through five different countries. Trekking in Swaziland, Scuba Diving in Mozambique, bridge swinging, canyoning, caving and abseiling in South Africa, 4 x 4 safaris and dug out canoe safaris in Botswana and bungee jumping off Victoria Falls in Zambia.

See Quest Overseas in the Malawi National newspaper

You can also choose to work on the Project Phase only in summer